Mildred Loretta Crookshanks b. 23 Apr 1917 Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 28 Jul 2008 Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1917 - 2008 (91 years)

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Name	Mildred Loretta Crookshanks
Birth	23 Apr 1917	Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV [1]
Gender	Female
Death	28 Jul 2008	Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV [1]
Burial	1 Aug 2008	Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV [1]
Person ID	I7600	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

Father	Ernest Russell Crookshanks, b. 28 Jun 1893, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Jan 1944, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 50 years)
Mother	May Tresia Crane, b. 1 May 1898, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 13 Aug 1993, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 95 years)
Marriage	5 Apr 1916	Greenbrier Co., WV [2]
Family ID	F6240	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ray Jennings Hunter, b. 22 Dec 1914, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 28 Oct 1993, Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 78 years)

Marriage 18 May 1937 Covington, VA [3, 4]

Children

	1. Gilmer Lewis Hunter, b. 5 Jan 1936, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 22 Oct 2015, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 79 years)
	2. Glen Rayburn Hunter, b. 16 Mar 1938, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 23 Jul 2025, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 87 years)
	3. Garnet Dean Hunter, b. 16 Feb 1940, East Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 14 May 1979, Clifton Forge, Alleghany Co., VA (Age 39 years)
	4. Gary Dolin Hunter, b. 4 Apr 1942, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 2 Jul 1966, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 24 years)
	5. Granville Charles Hunter, b. 18 Apr 1944, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 26 Sep 2006, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 62 years)
	6. Gaynel Lee "Beetle" Hunter, b. 4 Mar 1946, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 11 Aug 2023, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 77 years)
	7. Gerald Wayne Hunter, Sr.
	8. Gilda Sharon Hunter
	9. Galena Lynn Hunter
	10. Gwenda Gail Hunter
	11. Gene Ray Hunter, b. 18 Mar 1956, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 15 Jul 1968, Charlottesville, VA (Age 12 years)
	12. Gala Sue Hunter

Family ID F2390 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 May 2015

Event Map

	Birth - 23 Apr 1917 - Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV
	Marriage - 18 May 1937 - Covington, VA
	Death - 28 Jul 2008 - Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV
	Burial - 1 Aug 2008 - Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV

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Notes

The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 30 July 2008

KIEFFER ? Mildred L. Crookshanks Hunter, 91, of Kieffer, passed away Monday morning, July 28, 2008, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, following a long illness.

Born April 23, 1917, at Kieffer, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Ernest and T. Mae Crane Crookshanks.

Mrs. Hunter was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist Church at Kieffer, and enjoyed quilting, gardening and helping others.

She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and a homemaker.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Jennings Hunter, in 1993; a daughter, Garnet Gilkeson; three sons, Gary, Gene and Granville Hunter; two sisters, Margie Hunter and Velma Curtis; two brothers, Charles and Arvel Crookshanks; and three granddaughters.

Survivors include four daughters, Gilda Cary and husband, Ed, of Crawley, Galena Knapp and husband, Tim, of Rupert, Gwenda Heaster and husband, Doug, of Crawley, and Gala Hunter of Kieffer; daughter-in-law, Betty Hunter of Kieffer; four sons, Gilmer Hunter of Kieffer, Gaynel Hunter and wife, Linda, of Kieffer, Glen Hunter and wife, Dorothy, of Crawley and Gerald Hunter and wife, Virginia, of Crawley; 28 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins and especially her lady friends whom she talked to every day.

Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Beaver Creek Baptist Church, Kieffer, W.Va., with Pastor Gary Eisenman officiating. Burial will follow at Burns Cemetery, Kieffer Road.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at Wallace & Wallace Chapel, Rainelle.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Arrangements entrusted to Wallace & Wallace of Rainelle.

Sources

[S866] Obituary: The Beckley Register-Herald.
[S561] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 2, page 39 (Reliability: 3).
[S1089] Covington, VA Marriages Vol. 3, page 51 (Reliability: 3).
[S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 9301 (1937), Hunter-Crookshanks accessed 29 May 2015. (Reliability: 3).